{"id":3890,"date":"2026-09-28T14:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:06:43","slug":"us-humanitarian-aid-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/us-humanitarian-aid-tomato\/","title":{"rendered":"US Humanitarian Aid Tomato Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-top\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3890&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Share your rating&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;US Humanitarian Aid Tomato Review&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Share your rating<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"tldr-box\" style=\"background: #f4f9f4; padding: 20px; border-left: 5px solid #4CAF50; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px;\">\n<h3>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gumanitarnyi iz SShA (US Humanitarian Aid)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>Origin:<\/strong> A fascinating piece of Cold War\/Post-Soviet history! These seeds were originally distributed to Russian citizens in 1995 in commercial packets as part of United States humanitarian aid programs. The original variety name was lost, so Russian seed savers preserved and circulated it under the name &#8220;US Humanitarian Aid&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf3f <strong>Plant Habit:<\/strong> A small, compact determinate (bush) variety. Very early to ripen.<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udf45 <strong>Fruit Characteristics:<\/strong> Small, red, elongated paste\/plum tomatoes with a distinct little &#8220;beak&#8221; or nipple on the blossom end. They weigh around 2 to 2.5 oz (60-70 g).<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc45 <strong>Flavor &amp; Use:<\/strong> The flavor is a standard, slightly sweet tomato taste, but the texture is incredible for processing. It has very thick, dense walls that do not turn to mush when canned or boiled, making it an elite paste tomato.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"add-review-cta\" style=\"margin: 20px 0; padding: 15px; background: #f9f9f9; border-left: 4px solid #4CAF50; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf45 Grown this variety?<\/strong> <a href=\"#wpdcom\">Click here to add your own photos and review below!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ninulia (Nina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (39,608 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>I&#8217;ll tell you about one more variety. People ask me about it a lot\u2014I&#8217;ve sent it to many folks. I don&#8217;t have the original name because in the 90s, they handed out seeds at my work labeled &#8220;US Humanitarian Aid&#8221;. By the way, there were peppers too, but that variety didn&#8217;t impress me and I lost it.<\/p>\n<p>I had seeds saved from my own tomatoes, but last year I grew them from the *original* packets\u2014they were labeled and dated 1995. All the seeds were treated with some pink stuff. I didn&#8217;t even hope they would sprout, but almost all of them did!<\/p>\n<p>The tomato is a small det (determinate), early. The little tomatoes are slightly elongated, not large, around 2-2.5 oz (60-70 g). In the close-up of the truss, you can see the little tomato has a beak (nipple). Ripened very quickly, started in early July, and by the end of the month almost the whole thing was ripe.<\/p>\n<p>The taste is ordinary, tomatoey, with a little sweetness. But it&#8217;s very firm and thick-walled. Recently opened a jar of canned ones\u2014I specifically picked this variety, well it turned out very tasty and didn&#8217;t fall apart in my hands. I felt like you could even slice it with a knife \ud83d\ude02. It&#8217;s probably great for canning peeled. I sent it out under the names &#8220;From the USA&#8221; and &#8220;American&#8221;. So let&#8217;s agree on a single name.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-images\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/135-240114135906.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/thumb_135-240114135906.jpeg\" alt=\"Small determinate US Humanitarian Aid tomato plant\" width=\"115\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/135-240114140010.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/thumb_135-240114140010.jpeg\" alt=\"Elongated paste tomatoes on the vine\" width=\"160\" height=\"151\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/135-240114140108.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/thumb_135-240114140108.jpeg\" alt=\"Red plum tomato with a small beak on the end\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/135-240114140240.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/thumb_135-240114140240.jpeg\" alt=\"Harvest of early red paste tomatoes\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/135-240114140332.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/thumb_135-240114140332.jpeg\" alt=\"Weighing the tomatoes on a scale\" width=\"134\" height=\"160\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/135-240114140418.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/uploads\/newforum\/galleries\/7\/thumb_135-240114140418.jpeg\" alt=\"Thick walled cross section of paste tomato\" width=\"160\" height=\"104\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">borchanochka (Polina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,895 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Nin, so even though the skin is on the thick side, it slips off easily?<\/p>\n<p><em>I feel like I&#8217;ve run into this one somewhere before and it definitely has a real name \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">N<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">Ninulia (Nina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (39,608 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Polin, I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s &#8220;easy&#8221;, but the skin is thick. And on the canned ones, it peeled off really well.<\/p>\n<p>So try to remember&#8230; where you saw it&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"forum-post\">\n<div class=\"author-header\">\n<div class=\"forum-avatar\">B<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-name\">borchanochka (Polina) <span class=\"author-stats\">\u2b50 Pro Grower (9,895 posts)<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-geo\">\ud83d\udccd Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Region (USDA Zone 4)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ninulia wrote:<\/strong><br \/>\nPolin, I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s &#8220;easy&#8221;, but the skin is thick. And on the canned ones, it peeled off really well.<br \/>\nSo try to remember&#8230; where you saw it&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ll dig through my notes and seed packets, I&#8217;ll take a look \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"editor-note\" style=\"background: #eef7ff; padding: 15px; border-left: 4px solid #2196F3; margin-top: 25px; font-size: 1.1em; border-radius: 4px;\"><strong>\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf3e Editor&#8217;s Note on 1990s Seed Science &amp; Tomato History:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis thread is a fascinating tomato mystery! Nina notes that she successfully germinated seeds from 1995 because they were <em>&#8220;treated with some pink stuff.&#8221;<\/em> American growers will immediately recognize this: in the 1990s, almost all commercial US agricultural seeds were coated with <strong>Thiram or Captan<\/strong>, which are pink-dyed antifungal dusts. That commercial coating is exactly what preserved these seeds and prevented them from rotting for nearly 20 years in a drawer in Russia!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udccc Quick Summary (TL;DR): Gumanitarnyi iz SShA (US Humanitarian Aid) \ud83c\udf0d Origin: A fascinating piece of Cold War\/Post-Soviet history! These seeds were originally distributed to Russian citizens in 1995 in commercial packets as part of United States humanitarian aid programs. 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